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Month: May 2017

New Homes to Be Celebrated in Portland’s East Bayside Neighborhood

Portland, Maine — Portland Housing Authority and Avesta Housing will celebrate the grand opening of their recently completed development, Bayside Anchor, on Wednesday June 7 at 5:00 p.m. The program will include a performance by Portland-based Pihcintu Multicultural Choir and tours of apartments. Speakers at the event will be: Mayor Ethan Strimling, City of Portland;

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Maine developers seek ways to calm the neighbors about new projects

With growth often slowed by opposition, some of it NIMBYism, builders hope to head off resistance before it starts. As head of a company that builds affordable housing, Dana Totman knows what it’s like to face neighborhood opposition to a proposed development. Totman, president and CEO of Portland-based Avesta Housing, said a 2014 effort to

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Portland’s homeless first in line for new housing

PORTLAND — Dawn Wade said she loves the practical element at her new home in Huston Commons. “There is no more hurry up and wait, no line for the toilet, showers or lockers,” she said May 4. Wade is one of 30 new residents at the 72 Bishop St. apartments built as a “housing first”

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MEREDA announces 2016’s top real estate projects

The Maine Real Estate and Development Association, the state’s leading organization for commercial real estate, has selected the top 10 real estate developments from 2016. It will present the awards at its annual spring conference, which will be May 18 at the DoubleTree by Hilton in South Portland. The projects selected “exemplify best practices in

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